Mechanical movement.



1-1.1. TEMPLE. MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 30, 1908.

944,978. Patented Dec.28,1909.

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Witwwoeo F. L. TEMPLE. MEGHANIGAL MOVEMENT.

APPLIOATION FILED 001 30, 1908.

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V loydLYEm/ak I Witnmwo UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FLOYD 1L. TEMPLE, "OT TERRE HAU'IE, INDIANA.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. '28, 1909. Application filed October 30, 1908. Serial No. 460,276., 7

To all whom it may concerns Be it; known that I, FLOYD L. TEMPLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at- Terre Haute, in the "county of Vigo and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mechanical Movements, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to mechanical movements, and has for an object to provide a mechanism of this character which may be efiectively used in connection with various laundry machines, which will be particularly desirable when used in connection with washing machines for the reason of the fact that it will automatically impart to a driven shaft alternating rotary movements.

A' further ob ect of this invention is to provide a mechanism of the character set forth including a drive shaft, a driven shaft,

a friction gear upon the drive shaft and a friction gear upon the driven shaft, and to provide novel automatic means for shifting the friction gear upon the driven shaft toengage the same frictionally at' different ,polnts upon the working face of the fric- -views:-Figure 1 is a top plan view of the mechanism showing its application to a series of washing machines, Fig. 2 is a detail section taken on the line .22 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a detail section taken on the line 3-3 of F 1, Fig. t is a detail perspective viewof a modified form of (cam actuated lever. Fig. '5 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing a slightly modified form of my invention. Fig. 6 is a section taken on the line 6,-6 of Fig. :5.

Referrin now more particularly to the drawings, t ere is shown a frame 1 which is preferably of rectangular form and which as will be obviously understood can be PI'O-y vided with any suitable supporting means such as commonly constructed legs... or the like for holding the said framein proper spaced relation with "res eat to the floorv upon which it is mounte The frame is preferably of hollow construction but is provided with an intermediate cross bar 2 located adjacent to one of the end bars 3 of the said frame. The cross bar 2 has mounted thereon a hollow journal box 4 and the end bar 3 at the right of the said bar 2 is provided with a similar journal box 5 CllS posed directly in line with the box as clearly seen upon reference to the drawmgs.

The boxes 4 and 5 are thus located to receive spondingly shaped :cam faces .9 upon an element or collar '10 rotatably mounted upon the shaft 6. The element or collar 10 has secured thereto an operating "handle 11 which carries a pawl 12 to engage the teeth of a rack bar 13 upon the frame 1. A slidably IIlOllIltGd'fIlCtlOD disk or gear 14 is carried by theshaft 6 and is provided with a hub 15 theend face of which being adapted to engage one of the .end faces of the element or collar 10 as will be clearly seen upon reference to Fig. 1 of. the drawings. 7

- The longitudinal bars 3 of the fi'a-me 1 havesupported thereon journal boxes .16 disposed inline with each other and greeeive a driven shaft .17 which thus located, at right angles to the shaft he j st described shaft has mounted thereon .ifor slid- .ing movement a friction .disk or gear 18 the peripheral edge of which beingadapted to engage thefiat face of the disk 14 upon the,

shaft 6. A grooved hub 19 is carried by the disk 18 and receives pins 20'of a fork 21 carried by anarm 22 as shown. The arm 22 has projecting therefrom a pin 23 disposed in a slot 24; formed in the outer endof a lever 25. The said lever 25. is pivotally mounted midway between its ends to the framel as indicated at 26. The lever 25 pivotally mounted thereto at its end opposi-te to the .pin 23 an arm 27 from which =de ends pins 28 and 29 disposed in spaced re atipn to each :other and receives therebetween a ram 30 .upon a horizontally. (disposed gear-31. The arm 27 guided in its -moveme.nt by means of a guide bracket 32.

A worm 33 is formed upon the shaft 6 and meshes with the teeth of the gear 31. 7

The'shaft 17 has secured thereto clutch elements 34 adapted to be engaged with clutch teeth 35 upon pinions 36. The pinions 36 are provided with grooved collars 37 to receive the pins 38 carried by the forked ends 39 of operating levers 40 pivotally mounted as indicated at 41 'to washing 1113- chine bodies 42. Each washing machine is provided with a shaft 43 upon which is fixed a gear wheel 44. From the construction just described it will be seen that upon operation of the levers 40 the gears 46 which are slidably mounted upon'the shaft 17 may be thrown into or out of operation with the gear wheels 44. r

In a brief description of the operation of the mechanism herein set forth and described it will be seen that when the disk- 18 is frictionally engaged with the disk 14 motion will be im arted to the shaft 17, and by provision of e worm 36 and the gear 31 the cam 30 will reciprocate the arm 27, consequently rocking the lever 27 to continuousl slide the friction disk 18 upon the sha t 17 and across the flat face of the disk 14 to impart to the shaft 17 opposite rotary movement.v The mechanism or mechanical movement herein described is extremely simple in construction, and while the said movement is particularly desirable for use in transmitting power to the driven elements of washing. machines it is obvious that the said movement may be used for driving various laundry machines or for im artiugalternating rotary motion to any esired elements. The description of the shaft 17 and the gears 36 carried thereby is such that a plurality of washing machines may be simu1 taneously o erated and to provide means so tegral with each other and may be used in' heu of the lever 25 and the arm 27 as dethat a singe mac e may be operated I provide at one end of the shaft 17 a beveled pinion 45.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings is shown an angle lever 46 comprising an arm 47 and a short arm 48 the said arms being formed invided with a drive-shaft 'having a worm 56 to mesh with the gearwheel 57 as hereinbefore described. In this form of my invention I omit the friction disk 14, and provide a bevel gear 58 which is thus disposed in parallelrelation to the driven shaft 59 havmg loosely mounted thereon bevel pinions 60 and 61. Each of the said pinions is proreceive pivotedclutch fingers 63 connectedby means of links 64 to a sliding element 65.

The element 65 for each set of fingers for the pinions 60 and 61 are identical and are connected with each; other by means of slotted elements 66 which receive the forked end 67 of a lever 68 pivoted as at 69 to the frame 1. The said lever 68 is connected by means of a lever 70 to a rocking element 71 connected to an arm 72 identical to the arm 27 described in the preferred form of my invention. It will be seen, upon reference to Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings, that as the arm 72 is actuated to slide in a manner described in the preferred form it is obvious that a rocking movement will be imparted to the arm 68.

I claim:

1. In mechanism of the class described, adrive shaft, a driven shaft, afriction wheel upon the drive shaft,- a sliding friction friction wheel upon the drive shaft alternatingrotary motion to the driven shaft.

2. Mechanism of the class described com.-

prising a drive shaft, a driven shaft, a friction wheel upon the drive shaft, a friction wheel slidably mounted upon the driven shaft adapted to engage the friction wheel upon the drive shaft, a rock lever, connections between the rock lever and the wheel upon the driven "shaft, and means operable upon movement of the drive shaft for actuating said lever. v V

3. In mechanism of the class described, a drive shaft, a friction gear thereon, a driven shaft, a slidable friction. wheel upon the driven shaft adapted to be engaged with the wheel upon the drive shaft, and cam actuated means for automatically shifting the wheel upon the driven shaft so that it may be engaged at different points upon the friction wheel carried by the drive shaft to impart to the driven shaft an alternating rota movement.

4. echanism of the class described comprising a drive shaft, a driven shaft, a friction disk upon the drive shaft, a friction disk slidably. mounted upon the driven shaft, and means actuated by the drive shaft for moving the disk upon the driven shaft across the face of the disk upon the drive shaft.

5. of the class described comprising a drive shaft, a friction disk upon the shaft, a driven shaft, a. friction disk upon the driven shaft, and means actuated by the drive shaft for moving the disk upon the driven shaft across the face of the disk upon the drive shaft to impart to thedriven shaft an alternatin rotary movement.

6. Mechanism the class described comprising a driving friction disk, a second disk adapted to contact the first named disk, and cam actuated means for moving the second disk across the face of the first disk to impart thereto alternating rotary movement.

7. Mechanism of the class described comprising a drive shaft, a driven shaft, a sliding friction wheel upon the driven shaft, a sliding friction wheel upon the drive shaft, means for moving the wheel upon the drive shaft toward or away from the wheel upon the driven shaft, a lever, connections be tween the lever and the wheel upon the driven shaft, a sliding arm connected with the lever, and means 0 erable upon movement of the drive sha t for actuating the sliding arm to impart rocking movement to the lever so that the friction wheel upon the driven shaft can be moved across the-face of the Wheel upon the drive shaft.

8. In mechanism of the class described, a

driven shaft, gearing upon said shaft, driving gearing, a worm actuated upouoperation of the driving gearing, a gear in mesh with said worm, a cam upon said gear, and cam controlled means operatively connected with the said driven gearing whereby the said driven and driving gearin will cooperate to impart to the driven s aft alternating rotary movement. a

9. Mechanism of the class described comprising drive and driven shafts, a cam actuated rock lever operable upon movement of the drive shaft, gearing upon the drive shaft, gearing upon the driven shaft, and

means actuated upon movement of the rock lever for causing the gearing upon the driven shaft toco-act with the gearing upon the drive shaft so that alternating rotar movement is imparted to the driven sha t and simultaneously varying the speed, of said shaft.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FLOYD L. TEMPLE. Witnesses a GEO. E. BERCAW, CHARLES E. TEMPLE. 

